PIC32MZ EF CURIOSITY
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
USERS GUIDE
2016 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70005282A-page 7
Preface
INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the
PIC32MZ EF Curiosity Development Board. Items discussed in this chapter include:
Document Layout
Conventions Used in this Guide
Recommended Reading
The Microchip Web Site
Development Systems Customer Change Notification Service
Customer Support
Document Revision History
DOCUMENT LAYOUT
This document describes how to use the PIC32MZ EF Curiosity Development Board
as a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. This user’s
guide is composed of the following chapters:
Chapter 1. “Introduction” provides a brief overview of the development board,
highlighting its features and uses.
Chapter 2. “Hardware” provides the hardware descriptions of the development
board.
Appendix A. “Schematics” provides a block diagram, board layouts, and
detailed schematics of the development board.
Appendix B. “Bill of Materials provides the bill of materials for the components
used in the design and manufacture of the development board.
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and
documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs
and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site
(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.
Documents are identified with a “DS” number. This number is located on the bottom of each
page, in front of the page number. The numbering convention for the DS number is
“DSXXXXXXXXA”, where “XXXXXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level
of the document.
For the most up-to-date information on development tools, see the MPLAB
®
X IDE online help.
Select the Help menu, and then Topics to open a list of available online help files.
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CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE
This manual uses the following documentation conventions:
DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS
Description Represents Examples
Italic characters Referenced books MPLAB X IDE User’s Guide
Emphasized text ...is the only compiler...
Initial caps A window the Output window
A dialog the Settings dialog
A menu selection select Enable Programmer
Quotes A field name in a window or
dialog
“Save project before build”
Underlined, italic text with
right angle bracket
A menu path File > Save
Bold characters A dialog button Click OK
A tab Click the Power tab
Text in angle brackets < > A key on the keyboard Press <Enter>, <F1>
Plain Courier New Sample source code #define START
Filenames autoexec.bat
File paths c:\mcc18\h
Keywords _asm, _endasm, static
Command-line options -Opa+, -Opa-
Bit values 0, 1
Constants 0xFF, ‘A’
Italic Courier New A variable argument file.o, where file can be any
valid filename
Square brackets [ ] Optional arguments mcc18 [options] file
[options]
Curly brackets and pipe
character: { | }
Choice of mutually exclusive
arguments; an OR selection
errorlevel {0|1}
Ellipses... Replaces repeated text var_name [, var_name...]
Represents code supplied by
user
void main (void)
{ ...
}
Notes
A Note presents information
that we want to re-emphasize,
either to help you avoid a
common pitfall or to make you
aware of operating differences
between some device family
members. A Note can be in a
box, or when used in a table
or figure, it is located at the
bottom of the table or figure.
Note 1: This is a note used in a
table.
Note: This is a standard
note box.
CAUTION
This is a caution note.
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RECOMMENDED READING
This user’s guide describes how to use the starter kit. The following Microchip
documents are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources.
PIC32MZ Embedded Connectivity with Floating Point Unit (EF) Family
Data Sheet (DS60001320)
Refer to this document for detailed information on PIC32MZ EF family devices.
Reference information found in this data sheet includes:
Device memory maps
Device pinout and packaging details
Device electrical specifications
List of peripherals included on the devices
MPLAB
®
XC32 C/C++ Compiler Users Guide (DS50001686)
This document details the use of Microchip’s MPLAB XC32 C/C++ Compiler to develop
an application.
MPLAB
®
X IDE User’s Guide (DS50002027)
Refer to this document for more information pertaining to the installation and
implementation of the MPLAB X IDE software, as well as the MPLAB SIM Simulator
software that is included with it.
Universal Serial Bus Specification and Associated Documents
The Universal Serial Bus is defined by the USB 2.0 specification and its associated
supplements and class-specific documents. These documents are available from the
USB Implementers Forum. See their web site at: http://www.usb.org.
mikroBUS™ Specification
The purpose of mikroBUS™ is to enable easy hardware expandability with a large
number of standardized compact add-on boards. See their web site at:
http://www.mikroe.com/mikrobus/.
THE MICROCHIP WEB SITE
Microchip provides online support via our web site at http://www.microchip.com. This
web site makes files and information easily available to customers. Accessible by most
Internet browsers, the web site contains the following information:
Product SupportData sheets and errata, application notes and sample
programs, design resources, user’s guides and hardware support documents,
latest software releases and archived software
General Technical Support – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), technical
support requests, online discussion groups, Microchip consultant program
member listings
Business of Microchip – Product selector and ordering guides, latest Microchip
press releases, listings of seminars and events; and listings of Microchip sales
offices, distributors and factory representatives

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